comments on code-in tasks for FreeBSD (Re: FreeBSD + Google Code-In 2014 = we need ideas.)

[Rui Paulo]

On Nov 13, 2014, at 17:40, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo at iet.unipi.it> wrote:
> But please nuke the current list -- it is completely inadequate
> for the code-in candidates and misleading for whoever wants to
> suggest new tasks. Again i am not saying that the projects
> suggested there are not important, just belong somewhere else
> e.g. gsoc.

I refrained from voicing my opinion while the call for help was going on, but I completely agree that the target age of this Google initiative is inadequate to FreeBSD.  The target population is 13 years to 17 years old and I cannot even imagine a 13 year old knowing what FreeBSD is.

I'm not sure we should participate in Code In ever again and perhaps we should focus our efforts on Summer of Code only.

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Rui Paulo